Fun Facts About the Name Mileena
- More than 2 thousand babies named Mileena: U.S. records list 2,095 babies given the name Mileena from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Mileena Mean?
Mileena is a spelling variant of Milena, a feminine name formed from the Slavic element mil, meaning "dear" or "gracious" (from Proto-Slavic milъ). The literal sense of the root is "dear" or "beloved"; "gracious" and "merciful" are the customary English translations given for the name. The same root appears in the masculine Milan and in names such as Milica, Milada, and Ludmila, where it carries the idea of being dear or beloved. Milena is the standard form in Czech, Slovak, Polish, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, Slovenian, and Macedonian. The doubled e in Mileena is an English-language respelling rather than a separate Slavic form. A secondary and less supported explanation links Milena to the Italian name Emilia, but the Slavic derivation fits the name's form and its distribution better.
Mileena Name History & Origins
Milena belongs to the group of Slavic given names built from native roots, which were favored across central and eastern Europe during the 19th-century national revivals. It was used in Czech, Polish, and South Slavic lands. Among its documented bearers is Milena of Montenegro (1847 - 1923), wife of King Nicholas I. In Czech letters the name is tied to Milena Jesenská (1896 - 1944), a journalist and translator whose correspondence from Franz Kafka was published in German as Briefe an Milena (Letters to Milena).
The form Mileena is an English respelling of Milena. It is familiar to English speakers partly through the character Mileena in the Mortal Kombat video game series, introduced in Mortal Kombat II in 1993. That is a well-known modern association, not the source of the name, which exists in its Milena form well before it.
How Popular is the Name Mileena?
Mileena has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2021. Its best rank was #1,595 in 2021.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,974 | 98 | 0.0061% |
| 2024 | #1,685 | 121 | 0.0075% |
| 2023 | #2,012 | 98 | 0.0061% |
| 2022 | #1,760 | 118 | 0.0072% |
| 2021 | #1,595 | 132 | 0.0081% |
| 2020 | #1,693 | 121 | 0.0075% |
| 2019 | #1,939 | 102 | 0.0061% |
| 2018 | #2,127 | 90 | 0.0053% |
| 2017 | #2,067 | 95 | 0.0055% |
| 2016 | #1,880 | 109 | 0.0062% |
| 2015 | #1,809 | 116 | 0.0065% |
| 2014 | #2,637 | 67 | 0.0038% |
| 2013 | #2,252 | 83 | 0.0047% |
| 2012 | #2,255 | 84 | 0.0048% |
| 2011 | #2,387 | 78 | 0.0044% |
| 2010 | #3,499 | 46 | 0.0026% |
| 2009 | #5,658 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 2008 | #4,062 | 39 | 0.0021% |
| 2007 | #4,439 | 34 | 0.0018% |
| 2006 | #4,132 | 36 | 0.0019% |
| 2005 | #4,012 | 36 | 0.0019% |
| 2004 | #6,995 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2003 | #4,898 | 26 | 0.0014% |
| 2002 | #4,853 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 2001 | #5,314 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2000 | #5,867 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 1999 | #4,412 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 1998 | #3,471 | 35 | 0.0020% |
| 1997 | #2,966 | 41 | 0.0024% |
| 1996 | #2,742 | 45 | 0.0026% |
| 1995 | #1,782 | 81 | 0.0046% |
| 1994 | #3,668 | 30 | 0.0017% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Mileena Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You have psychic power. You can carry on for others with joy. You have a receptive nature and may bear burdens for others. You are pragmatic, thorough, strong-willed, practical and stubborn at times. You are hard working, often martyr to duty. You like home and security above all. You are intuitive and might be interested in the arts, drama or science.
You are seeking freedom, opportunities to enjoy life: to make love, to go places and to do things. You are very adventurous and willing to take risk to achieve your objectives. New ways and new experiences can't satisfy your restless nature. One adventure leads you to another. You are honest and fair, because you know that this is the only way to receive justice and honesty from other people. But your personal growth is vital for you, and it is difficult to be tied down by rules and obligations. Your restless spirit might best controlled by choosing the field of work that meet your demand for action and adventure.
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